Welcome

The National Audio Theatre Festivals presents HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, June 7th – 10th, 2018, in Kansas City, MO. HEAR Now is the audio equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio story-telling in all its forms: live and scripted solo performances, multi-voiced, classic radio drama, experimental narrative, and much more. This four-day Festival offers a multi-faceted program showcasing the many forms of audio fiction and sound art storytelling in theaters and other 'listening'venues. Visit us at the HEAR Now Festival for more information.

To submit your work to be featured at the upcoming HEAR Now Festivaland for more information about the Festival, go to www.hearnowfestival.org

SCRIPT CONTESTNATF and HEAR Now are pleased to announce that the Marion Thauer Brown Scriptwriting Competition is accepting submissions of new original audio dramas. The MTB Scriptwriting Competition awards two prizes: one of $250 and one of $100 for original plot-driven family-friendly audio drama scripts.Visit MTBscriptcompetition.com for 2017, 2016, and 2015 winners and complete information.

The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. began in 1979 as the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop, and is a fully-qualified 501(c)(3)non-for-profit corporation based in Missouri. The mission of the NATF is to serve the advancement of audio theatre and evolving media arts through education and presentation. NATF still holds an annual Workshop, a week-long school and seminar with some of the finest and most experienced people in the field, always capped with a two-hour-plus live performance of brand-new plays.